Two of her sons, Rusty and Ric (Lance's father), were standout centers for Norman, Rusty on Norman's great 1975 and 1976 teams, and Ric in 1980 before going on to start at center for OU's 1985 national championship team.

Her other two sons, Rob and Ron, played baseball at Norman High. Jaxon is Ron's son.

Zac Uhles' grandfather, Charley North, coached Ric Uhles on that 1985 OU title team. So the Sooner bloodlines run deep.

But Uhles couldn't be happier about heading to TU.

“Very easy,” he said of the decision. “I had my heart set on it. Great set of coaches, academics, it's close enough, I can still see my family, but far enough I'm getting away.”

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by Berry Tramel

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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant sports editor, sports editor and columnist. Tramel grew up reading four daily newspapers — The Oklahoman,...